"Big letdown for people around here that have really been wondering what's happening to her." It really got a lot of people's hopes up," Mahfouz said.
Though disappointed by the finding, Mahfouz said local authorities continue to look for the missing girl. Mahfouz told USA TODAY that the Stuttgart Police Department, the FBI and the Arkansas State Police collaborated on an investigation into the video.Īfter locating and interviewing the young woman in the original TikTok video, authorities confirmed she was not Compton, the Stuttgart Daily Leader reported on Jan. And this is my phone and I am real and this is a real account.” USA TODAY reached out to Phillips for comment. 14, a young woman who identified herself as Haley Grace Phillips posted a story on Instagram saying that she was the person in the TikTok video and addressing questions about the bruises under her eyes, the Stuttgart Daily Leader reported. It even briefly convinced Compton's mother it was her, THV 11 reported. The video caught the attention of a private investigator who has long searched for Compton, according to Arkansas news station KATV. 13, when users began commenting that it showed Compton, the Stuttgart Daily Leader reported.Īccording to Mahfouz, the resemblance to Compton was uncanny. The TikTok video gained national attention on Jan. Multiple law enforcement agencies and the woman actually in the video confirmed the clip does not show Compton, Stuttgart police spokesperson John Eric Mahfouz told USA TODAY. Police said TikTok does not show Cassie Compton A spokesperson for the City of Stuttgart Police Department, which has led the investigation into Compton's disappearance, told USA TODAY that the case is still unsolved. However, several law enforcement agencies determined the video does not show Compton.
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14.įact check: False claim that TV meteorologist was wearing an ankle monitor A woman claiming to be Haley has now come forward on Instagram and said the bruising around her eyes is because she was robbed.Nearly 50,000 people have shared the post since it was first published on Jan. Haley went missing in Los Angeles only a few days ago. However, since the video has gone viral, it has been claimed that it's actually another missing woman, Haley Grace Phillips.
The FBI's Little Rock field office also said they are "following up on the video and taking all investigative steps, but we cannot say anything further at this time". In a statement to KATV News, the Stuttgart Police Department said "investigators working on this right now". After seeing the video, she alerted local authorities.
Tina Storz, a private investigator, has been searching for Cassie for years and she believes the girl in the video resembles her. No charges have been filed in Cassie's disappearance but her mother Judy suspects foul play. She reached home just before 7pm, but left again a few minutes later, telling her mother Judy Compton she was going to the store, and she hasn't been seen since. People soon started to speculate that the girl in the video was Cassie Compton, who went missing aged 15 in 2014 shortly after returning home from a demolition derby with a family friend.
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